USGS · 70197686
Tectonic evolution of Northwest California and Southwest Oregon
Abstract
Tectonostratigraphic terrances in northwest California and southwest Oregon record a complex history of subduction, collision, and transform faulting. During the late Jurassic Nevadan orogeny, the Elder Creek-Snow Camp and western Klamath terranes were imbricated during collision of an island-arc system with the continental margin. Subsequent collisions are recorded in the Pickett Peak (Early Cretaceous) and Yolla Bolly (middle Cretaceous) terranes.
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M. Clark Blake, Angela S. Jayko. 1986-11-01. Tectonic evolution of Northwest California and Southwest Oregon. https://doi.org/10.2113/gssgfbull.ii.6.921
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